How the NRMP Match Day Algorithm Works

Episode 81: Match Day is around the corner and your certified rank order list is almost due. Do you put every program you interviewed on your list? What happens if you don’t get your first choice? Should you put a very competitive place as number 1?

At the time I published this podcast (Feb. 3, 2012), certified rank lists were due in 2.5 weeks. This audio podcast explains the way the “magic computer” decides who get’s an allopathic residency in the US and who does not.